Formal aspects of a term paper | Forum

Pay
attention to a correct use of language in your work. Don’t rely exclusively on
spelling checkers of your text software. Do a thorough proofreading before
submitting your paper. If possible ask another person to read your paper and
make corrections. Make sure to include this into your time planning from the
start.

Submitting

Deliver
your term paper http://essaytypers.net/by the end of the semester, in the w inter semester by March 31
and in summer semester by August 31. Deliver a printed version to the office of
the secretary in charge. Always include the author’s declaration and the module
sheet. Make sure to fill in all relevant data before delivering your module
sheet. We recommend to submit a pdf-version to your teacher at the same time.

Number of Sources, literature search and
obtaining of literature

The quality
of a scientific paper always depends – among others – on the amount of
literature used. However it is difficult to define a useful number of
literature required. As a first orientation 200-300 pages of readings are
advisable. This corresponds roughly to 10-15 scientific essays or papers. The
following recommendations about the amount of literature could be used as a
guideline:

·Term paper: roughly 10 items
(scientific essays or a corresponding number of pages out of monographs)

·BA thesis: a minimum of 20 items
(scientific essays or corresponding number of pages out of monographs)

Your class
teacher will give you a list of basic literature for your term paper. Please
use this as a start for further literature search, which you will do
independently on your own. This is a major scientific skill that needs to be
practised regularly. For every term paper you write you will be expected to do
a broad literature search on your own. Make sure to use the major database systems
(wiso-net, PsycInfo, JSTOR, ISI Web of knowledge etc.)

When
planning your termin paper, bear in mind that approximately a third of the time
will be necessary for search and acquisition of the necessary literature. At
this stage a lot of time will go into searching, enquiries, ordering via
interlibrary loan etc. Another third of the entire time will go into reading
and excerping as well as writing a detailed outline. The last third remains for
the final formulation and writing.

Formal aspects of a term paper

Cover sheet

Every term
paper and every final thesis must have a cover sheet with the following
information:

·Name of the faculty

·Name of the institute

·Title of paper or thesis

·Type of class: class title
(semester) resp. Bachelorthesis in major sociology